Volume 1 Jiangdong Fengyun Chapter 62 Jingkou
There is a Beigu Mountain to the west of Qu'a and to the east of Moling, probably right in the middle of the two, about two or three hundred miles away from both.
Xin Qiji, a later generation, wrote a poem here called "Yong Yu Le, Reminiscence of the Past at Beiguting in Jingkou".
Unfortunately, Bai Tu cannot be copied down to show off, not only because Song poetry had no market in the Han Dynasty, but also because this allusion had not happened at all - the one Xin Qiji was thinking of at the beginning was Sun Quan, who was still a little kid.
And why did she want to get pregnant with Sun Quan in Jingkou?
Because for quite a long time, this was the seat of Sun Quan's government.
"The highest hill is called Jing" - the front of the mountain can be called "Jing", and this is also the mouth of the river, so the Tieweng City built by Sun Quan here was called "Jingkou", and when it was used as a government seat, it was also called "Jingcheng".
Bai Tu was also conducting a field survey here at this time. He looked at the mountain pass and imagined building an iron urn city several miles long and wide here...
As a seat of government, it is too small, but it is indeed a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. When it is surrounded by high walls and deep ravines, it will be difficult to enter or exit!
Of course, Bai Tu did not want to use this place as the seat of government, but wanted to move the "Ministry of Industry" here.
The Jiangdong strategy is now proceeding step by step. In the future, Bai Tu will definitely have some projects that need to be studied in secret and cannot be leaked.
The current "Ministry of Works" is an official office set up by Bai Tu himself under the provincial governor's office. In the future, for projects such as building bridges and roads, and developing water conservancy projects, Bai Tu plans to set up a special "Ministry of Civil Affairs" to manage them, while research that really needs to be kept confidential will be placed separately in the "Ministry of Works".
At that time, we will need a place that is not too far from the capital, but at the same time isolated from the outside world.
If we stay inside the city, we can only defend against external thieves but not internal thieves, which is obviously not suitable. Therefore, Bai Tu thought of the "feng shui treasure land" chosen by Sun Quan.
"In the future, we will build an iron urn city here as the location of the Ministry of Works' office and workshop." Bai Tu pointed to the river mouth of Beigushan Mountain and told Lu Lingqi and Taishi Ci about his plan.
"Unfortunately, without Chengji, Tieweng City can only be called a 'city' verbally." Lu Lingqi said.
"That's fine. There won't be any arrangements for civilians to live in the city anyway, so there's no need for any government decrees," Bai Tu said.
"Since it is the office of the Ministry of Industry, and it is in Jiangkou...how about calling this city Gongkou City in the future?" Lu Lingqi suddenly had an idea and started to come up with a name.
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"No, no, no, Qiu Juegao is called Jing... This is the mountain Jing of Beigushan, it's better to call it Jingkou!" Bai Tu still felt that her name was a bit awkward.
After surveying the terrain, Bai Tu returned to Qu'a in the east with hundreds of guards.
On the way, Bai Tu's guard team encountered a group of migrating civilians. Taishi Ci was nervous at first, thinking that someone was going to harm Bai Tu. However, after observation and questioning, he found that they were really just civilians, but... most of them were young and strong!
There were about a hundred people, and although they were exhausted, they did not look that miserable when they were fleeing. When the leader was questioned by Taishi Ci on horseback, he answered with evidence, not like an ordinary citizen.
When Bai Tu heard the report, he was also curious. He asked his men to drive the carts forward and asked the leader, "You said you came from Lujiang to escape Yuan Shu's tyranny?"
"Yes, sir, you can see clearly that Yuan Shu is a ferocious creature. He often overdraws manpower and taxes in Huainan. We are suffering terribly and have no choice but to migrate with our families." said a middle-aged scholar who looked to be in his forties.
"So... the reason you came across the Yangtze River to the east is because you think the benevolent Baizhou Mu is different from the brutal Yuan Shu?" Bai Tu asked, while Lu Lingqi rolled her eyes.
"That's right. Although we live in Huainan, we have heard that Lord Bai is benevolent and loves his people. He is a living saint, and his soldiers are all Confucian generals and righteous men. Therefore..."
The middle-aged scholar was talking when a boy behind him who looked to be in his early teens with bright eyes suddenly interrupted and said, "Uncle, don't speak your mind in front of Lord Bai. People who don't know would think you are always flattering."
When the middle-aged scholar heard the young man speak, he was angry at first, but when he heard the word "Bai Shijun", his face was immediately replaced by surprise.
"Xiaoxun! It's your turn to speak... Hmm? Lord Bai? Could it be that you are..."
"How dare you! How dare you speak nonsense? Are you a spy from Huainan?" Taishi Ci shouted, frightening the other person.
In fact, Taishi Ci could see that the other person was not a spy, but... he did not tell the truth just now, so he had to lie to him.
Not only is there a loophole in the words, but if this is really a family migration, then the proportion of young and strong people among them is too large!
Bai Tu noticed that it was the young man who showed no sign of being moved by Taishi Ci's superficial rebuke, so he asked, "Little friend, what's your name? Your uncle looks scared, aren't you afraid? And...how do you know that I am Bai Tu, the sage who governs the people with kindness and loves the people?"
" My name is Lu Xun. General Bai has just defeated Yuan Shu in Qu'a. Now is the time to advance to Jiangdong. The guards here are all officers, not 'trained' soldiers. It is impossible to have such a large number of guards. They are still inspecting the Qu'a area and have not gone to attack Danyang and Yan Baihu. Moreover... your age is about the same as the 'General Bai' in the rumors. I think you are General Bai himself.
Besides, there is this general as evidence. This general has a tall and handsome figure with a short beard. I think he is the general Taishi who is known as "righteous as a rock". Who else can be escorted by the general Taishi? And since he knows that it is the general Taishi who is "righteous as a rock" in front of him, I think his fierceness just now is because my uncle was evasive, so he pretended to be fierce. What's so scary about it?"
Listening to Lu Xun, who was still a little kid, talking without any stage fright, Bai Tu couldn't help but marvel at it.
When Bai Tu heard that he called himself "Lu Xun", he was already slightly surprised - the scholar who guarded the river mouth was appointed as a general. In later generations, he faced the all-out attack of Shu Han, burned the camps in Yiling, and caused Liu Bei to be defeated and die of illness in Baidi. He became the fourth great commander-in-chief of Dongwu after Zhou Yu, Lu Su and Lu Meng.
Although he is still just a child, he can still see that the jade is hidden in the stone.
"Haha, Ziyi, this kid is trying to bully you." Bai Tu teased deliberately.
"Ah... I dare not, I dare not, this kid has always been unruly..." The middle-aged scholar was frightened again, which made Lu Xun roll his eyes at him, seeming to be very disdainful.
After knowing that this was a member of the Lu family, Bai Tu understood that what was happening was not the migration of the Lujiang nobles, but the governor Lu Kang who wanted to send his son and grandson back to his hometown in Wujun - that was why there were so many young and strong people in this team, but very few women, children, the elderly and the weak, because most of them were servants protecting their master.
As for the leader, the reason he lied before was simply because he was from a noble family and did not trust the soldiers under Bai Tu. He was worried that they would have evil intentions after knowing that he was a direct descendant of the Lu family - wasn't Cao Cao's father also robbed and killed by Tao Qian's soldiers?
But now that Lu Xun has recognized and exposed Bai Tu's identity, and even pointed out Taishi Ci, this man still looks fearful, which makes Taishi Ci feel a little embarrassed - I am "loyal as a rock", why are you still acting like I'm on guard against thieves?
Lu Xun had laid such a big "step", but he couldn't take it up. No wonder Lu Xun seemed to be very disdainful of his uncle...
